Patents by Inventor Wesley Marion Dick

Wesley Marion Dick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Combined torque proportioning and reduction drive assembly
    Patent number: 4074591
    Abstract: A power transfer mechanism incorporates a planetary or epicyclic gear set which may be shifted between high and low-range conditions to establish torque proportioning and locked-up reduction drive modes. In the high-range mode, the carrier defines an input member and the sun and ring gears define output members. In the low-range mode, the sun gear defines an input member, the carrier an output member, and the ring gear a reaction member. A shifting sleeve includes relatively rotatable elements slidable together as a unit for establishing high and low-range conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1976
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Borg-Warner Corporation
    Inventor: Wesley Marion Dick